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Pheasant and Pine-trees on Snowy Hillside

Utagawa Hiroshige

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Colorful pheasant standing on a branch, facing right. The pheasant has a long, pointed crest on top of its head, a yellowish face, orange neck and breast, blue-green back and wings, orange and brown body, and a long brown and gold tail. It stands on a pine tree branch with dark green pine needles. There are several pine branches with dark green pine needles around the pheasant. The background is beige with green shading at the bottom. There is Japanese writing in black ink on the left side.

Artwork Details

Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
295 × 625 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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